After October, this is my second favorite month of the year. Throughout this month I'll be...
All of April
-Enjoying the springtime, with warmer weather.
April 6-7
-General Conference! Can't wait to hear the inspired words of God's anointed.
April 13
-Slapping down the notion I can't survive year one as a married lady. It's true, I have nearly conquered it, and still love it.
April 14
-Celebrating my sister Listi's 19th (really where has the time gone?) birthday.
April 17
-Flying out to Washington DC for a pretty sporadic trip with my boy. I am so ready to explore like crazy over there!
April 25
-Celebrating my brother Acey's 17th (unbelievable, man) birthday.
This is a good month, all around. Too, I've been thinking about me, you know, an inward personal kind of thing. I'm really dissatisfied with myself in a lot of areas, I have tons of room for improvement. During Institute, basically a weekly scripture study for young adults, I really felt inspired to make some changes, particularly early-morning changes. I have decided to publicly discuss what I felt prompted to, just to be able to encourage myself and stay accountable. This is what I plan to do for the next 30 days, before reviewing the results, to see if I can recognize a difference.
1. Quit sleeping in every day. Those are wasted hours which I can be rejuvenating my mind, body and spirit.
2. Stop Facebooking to wake myself up. This is a horrid habit, simply because it enables me to stay online all day. Social media can be a great and powerful tool, I love using it to keep up to date with my family, but it also has so many draining negatives.
3. Make a priority to go for a daily run or walk. So often these days I feel sluggish! I'm 22 years old, I'm in my prime! Unacceptable. I'm not really the type to go bananas at a gym, but I figure there are ways around that.
4. Most importantly, I felt an overwhelming feeling that I should devote a consistent, allotted time that will be singularly devoted to my reading of the scriptures. I have a testimony of their truthfulness, I love using it's strength in my life... But I have found that there are many, many excuses that can arise to take the place of it. And I'm just not going to do that anymore. I recognize that this is a crucial step to my day which I'm unwilling to skip out on.
So there you have it folks. I'm going to try my best to do it all. This April will hopefully be filled with stress-free, exciting times. I can hardly stand it!
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